Poultry roost



Feb. 27, 1923. 1,447,063.

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- ZTTORNEY Patented Feb. 27, 1923.

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Application June 1?, 192a Seria1.1 To.-56S,'89. 7.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, LEONARD L. CONKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marne, in the county of Ottawa and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Poultry Boosts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. This invention relates to poultry roosts and the improvement pertains more particularly to that class of poultry l'oosts in which the wooden perch is automatically kept saturated with disinfectant liquid which is car ried by the capillary action of a fabric lining from a suitable reservoir to the wooden perch.

My present improvement relates more spe ciflcally to the construction of a roost of the class referred to wherebythe objectsof my improvement are attained.

These objects are to provide a simple, yet inexpensive sanitary vermin proof roost in which the edges of the platform or perch project laterally beyond the rim of the trough containing the disinfectant, so that the perch or board will not only form a cover for the trough, but will also protect theedges of the trough from dirt and will protect the poultrys feet from the metal.

I also secure the trough permanently to the perch as distinguished from that class of devices in which the trough, fabric lining and perch are separable cause I have found in practice that a perch made according to my present improvement need not be capable of being taken apart for cleaning, since it affords no lodgment for dirt in crevices or in the fabric lining itself.

With these and certain other objects in view, which will appear later in the specification my improvement comprises the devices described and claimed and the equivalents thereof.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a frame carrying a number of roosts made in accordance with my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a part sectional perspective view of the device.

As is clearly shown in the drawings, my improved roost consists inthe board or perch'l of the usual type, beneath which is for cleaning, be i -permanently' secured a V-shaped trough 2 having laterally projecting flanges 3 and a trough-shaped fabric 4, the

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of which form'strips 5 secured between the trough flanges 3 and the underside of the perch 1; I I The sideedges 6 of the outwardly beyond the edges and beyond the edges of the fabric trips 5. When the trough is supplied with disinfectant liquid the fabric carries it by capillary attraction upward and outwardly, thoroughly saturating the strips 5 which lie beperch 1 project of the flanges 3 tween the flanges 3 and the under side of the board or perchl, so that each of the strips 5 comprises a long and relatively wide area of absorbent material that soon thoroughly These strips 5, the fabcover 7 so that the trough maybe filled with dlsinfectant liquid or emptied or rinsed out when desired.

Having thus described my invention, what .Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

-l-. In a roost, in combination, aperch,.a

trough having laterally projecting flanges,

said. flanges secured to the under side of said perch, a fabric lining suspended in said trough, the lateral edge ofsaid fabric lining received between said perch and flange and extending lengthwise thereof, the sideedges of said perch projectinglatera'lly beyond the edges ofsaid flanges, for the purposes set forth.

2 remain permanently dirt from accusaturates the entire board or perch with the 2 2. Ina roost, in combination, a perch, a

trough having laterally pro ecting flanges,

said flanges secured to the under side of said perch, a one-piece V-shaped fabric suspend ed in said trough, the lateral edges of said fabric secured between said perch and said flanges,- and extending lengthwise thereof,

of said perch projectin laterally beyond the edges of said flanges, one end of said trough pro ecting beyond the end of saidpei-ch, and a removable cover on the pro ecting; end (it said trough.

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature in presence 0t two Witnesses.

LEONARD L. GONKEY.

Witnesses PETER Koois'im, CHAS. P. GOODEI-TOW. 

